Contents №1-2017

ECOLOGICAL IDENTITY OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS A RESOURCE OF “GREEN” ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT Tereshina M.V., Bashmakov I.S.pp.6-16

Abstract: The aim of this article is uncovering of social context of «green economy» development and determination of the role of local communities ecological identity in this process. The main purpose of the research consisted in the description of ecological identity as the resource for motivation in the economic decision-making, as well as supply and demand factor on the «green» market of goods and services. Methodological basis of this work is interdisciplinary approach, including comparative analysis of foreign and domestic scientific discourse of ecological identity, as well as methods of identity economics, that emphasize the role of identity for the collective actions, overcoming of social dilemmas negative implications and determining norms and aims of economic behavior of people. The authors propose their own definition of ecological identity notion, describe the main elements of formation and actualization of local communities ecological identity, and consider the effects of ecological identity on the economic behavior.

INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL AND EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT OF THE REGION ON THE FORMATION OF A REGIONAL YOUTH IDENTITY Borisko O.A., Mirontseva S.A. pp.17-29

Abstract: The article presents the results of a theoretical research of the influence of cultural and educational environment of the region on the formation of a regional youth identity in the framework of political science approach.

An analysis of different definitions of «cultural and educational space», «cultural-educational environment», «cultural and educational environment of the region» and «cultural educational environment of the region» was conducted. An understanding of the authors of the essence of cultural and educational environment of the region was formulated based on an interdisciplinary approach.

Theoretical foundations of regional identity of young people are investigated and also the role of cultural and educational environment of the region in the formation of a regional youth identity is analyzed in that article. The authors appealed to two approaches for understanding the specifics of the process of formation of the regional identity of youth by subjects of cultural and educational environment: symbolic interactionism and social constructivism, identifying for themselves the basic definition in understanding the essence of regional identity in general and the specifics of the youth regional identity. The paper notes the role of culture, education and youth policy in the process of formation of the regional identity of young people.

The authors in their research reviewed various state and non-state actors of cultural and educational environment which may have an impact on the formation of regional identity of young people, as well as the interaction of that actors. The impact of these subjects on the formation of regional identity of young people was illustrated by some regional examples and practices implemented in the Krasnodar region.

At the end the authors formulated a conclusion that the cultural and educational environment of the region should create the necessary conditions for the actualization of significant past experience, important for the regional community traditions, and also to combine these conditions with innovative cultural and educational practices for the rooting of the present and the formation of a stable regional identity and a positive vision of the future of young people. This should be considered in the organization of cultural, educational and youth policies in the region and in the interaction of subjects of cultural and educational environment of the region.

NATIONAL IDENTITY AND HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE PERSON: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT (ON THE MATERIAL OF THE STUDY YOUNG RUSSIAN KUBAN) Tuchina O.R. pp.30-44

Abstract: The article discusses the psychological aspects of national identity in the context of the historical experience of the individual, analyzes the phenomenon of the historical experience in the framework of the subjective approach. Historical experience is considered as a space of events of the individual, the space of the historical past of the people, which is conceptualized, both collectively and individually, constantly forming and changing personal meanings. The analysis of the concept of «historical experience» gave an opportunity to highlight a number of features, allowing to consider it as the face of the existential experience of the individual: it refers to the experience of the whole group, but is experienced by the individual as an event with a direct relation that causes strong emotions. At the same time historical events, their emotional experience have on a person’s strong influence, becoming a source of personal change, the growing importance of spiritual values.

The results of the empirical studies revealed the relationship between characteristics of ethnic identity, civil identity and characteristics of the historical experience of the Russian youth of Kuban. As shown by the results of the study, the experience of the historical experience represents an inherent sense of pride, shame, and pain, but only a sense of pride for his people in a particular historical situation connected with positive identification, nationalism and patriotism. We can assume that in the big title ethnos of the national identity represents the following interrelated parameters: the emotional experience of belonging to his people, the positive identification, nationalism and patriotism, combined with experience historical experience

FEATURES OF THE PARTICIPATION OF THE YABLOKO PARTY, THE PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY (PARNAS) AND THE PARTY OF GROWTH IN THE ELECTION CAMPAIGNS OF 2016: RESULTS AND PROSPECTS Golovchenko A.V. pp.45-55

Abstract: The primary objective of this study was to examine the participation of major Russian liberal parties (the Russian United Democratic Party “Yabloko”, the People’s Freedom Party (PARNAS), and Party of Growth) in the 2016 election campaigns in order to identify characteristics and impact of their political activities at the regional level. Using official statistics of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, this study analyzed how active these parties are in nominating party lists for legislative elections in different subjects of the Russian Federation. Additionally, it examined main factors that conditioned specific features of these parties’ participation and varying levels of their performance in regional elections. Based on the results of this analysis, this study makes a medium-term forecast about prospects of liberal parties in the political system of modern Russia.

Abstract: The article examines the value of management in transition of countryside to sustainable development. A special role in this is elaboration a sustainable development strategy which takes into account specific characteristics of countryside. In 2016, the author participated as an expert in the international project “Expanding economic opportunities in rural Belarus”. The aim of the project was to develop a strategy for sustainable development of countryside and their subsequent transition to sustainable socio-economic dynamics. Creating a strategy of sustainable development is an important management tool, as it allows to assess the socio-economic, environmental, demographic conditions of a particular territory, identify the strengths and weaknesses of the local communities, take management decisions to determine the local territorial development priorities.

OBJECTS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A RESOURCE OF ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE SUBURBAN AREA OF KALUGA Kazakova A.Y.pp.64-74

Abstract: Due to weak elaboration of suburbanistic perspective in contemporary sociology the analysis of sources of local identity of residents of the suburban zones of Russian cities strengthening seems to be theoretically and practically significant. Suburban area of Kaluga today is not attractive for permanent living place. The balance of suburbs’ settlement patterns is supported by inbound migration and rotations of rural and urban residents. Suburban development is constrained by scarce social and socio-cultural infrastructure in rural locality as a permanent place of residence. An important barrier to the development of suburban lifestyles, in addition to consumer qualities of the life environment, is it’s territorial stigma of semiotic poverty, cultural exclusion, which formes the inhabitants’ negative territorial identity. The contents of stigma (cultural monotony, lack of interest, evidence of involvement in the general history and traditions of the settlements, namely, cities) do not always correspond to objective consumer characteristics of the area, to its quality as a living environment. Considering the relationship between the semiotic richness of the territory and territorial identity of the inhabitants, we come to the conclusion that they are non-linear communication: the lack of significant loci reduces the prestige of the neighborhood, and, indirectly, the favorability of living conditions evaluation, but selective attention to the preservation of monuments, cultural identity depends on it weakly and is distributed between different functional areas of the city unevenly. Reclamation of cultural heritage sites and protected areas is able to increase the attractiveness of the environmental image. Cautious and strictly controlled inclusion of cultural heritage in the area of public use is able to increase recreational, identity and tourism potential of Kaluga suburbs.

THE CONTRADICTIONS AND DIFFICULTIES IN FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL CULTURE OF POLITICAL SCIENTIST UNDER UNIVERSITY CONDITIONS (VALUE ASPECT)Veysova V.E., Kuzmin P.V. pp.75-88

Abstract: The article attempts to study and understand the process of implementation in the educational activities the value orientations and attitudes of students and faculty members in the context of formation of professional culture of political scientist specialist.

It is shown that the process of formation of professional culture contains a number of contradictions of value nature. The latter include: the contradiction between the stated in the questionnaires and interviews with students interested in the profession of political analyst and the real training activities for its development; the contradiction between the need for an active and creative attitude of students to the cognitive activity on the development of the profession and the low level of work culture of students; the contradiction between the place and the role of studies in the formation of professional culture of students and the low estimate of their professional orientation; the contradiction between the practitioner role in the formation of professional culture of students and the low estimate of the level of their organization and content; the contradiction between the students focus on the creative nature of the political scientist and the low level of their involvement in the research work.

The authors believe that the resolution of these contradictions involves the implementation of complex of measures aimed at the creation of the university social and cultural environment conducive to the process of formation of students’ professionalism and positive social and moral qualities.

Key words: values, value orientation of students, professional culture of political analyst, the contradictions of teaching and educational process.

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POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY: CONCEPTS, METHODS, COMPARISON OF EXPERIENCE (ON THE RESULTS OF THE XVII-TH ALL-RUSSIAN SEMINAR OF THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE OF THE RUSSIAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION IN COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES) Sazantovich A.B. pp.89-97